(Lat. demitto), literally a laying or sending down; a term applied in law to an estate either in fee-simple, fee-tail, or for a term of life or years. As applied to the crown of England, demise signifies its transmission to the next heir on the death of the sovereign.

DEMURGE, Demurgus (from ὁμός, people, and ἐργον, work), literally signifies a handicraftman; but in the language of the Platonists it was used to denote an exalted and mysterious agent, or Αἰών, employed by the Supreme Deity in the creation of the universe. The Platonizing Christians regarded the Logos, or Second Person of the Trinity, as one of an infinite series of Demiurgi employed by the Deity in the creation of the universe.

Demihourus was also the title of the chief executive magistrate in some of the ancient Grecian states.